Cats & Coffee Craving a cozy afternoon with soft paws and warm conversations? Join Let’s Connect for Cats & Coffee! Together we’ll visit a cat café, where you can sip on coffee or tea, enjoy some cake, and cuddle with the resident cats. While the cats charm their way into your heart, there’s …

Hans De Iongh unpaid guest prof. Publications Hans De Iongh Data from: More than fish: Diet composition of fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) in human-dominated landscape Source Dryad, 2025, Author(s) Rama Lamichhane Mishra, Laura Bertola, Herwig Leirs, Sabin Adhikari, Babu Ram Lamichhane, Nares…

INSPIRE safety pharmacology search menu search content #HEARIN'spire podcast #HEARIN'spire - Hilarious Deleted scenes #HEARIN'spire - Episode 1 Belgian fries are not for vegans #HEARIN'spire - Episode 2 If Callan can do it, everybody can do it #HEARIN'spire - Episode 3 It’s all about the food #HEA…

Integrated Training in Dry Eye Disease Drug Development search menu search content ESR3 Agnese Compagnone Research project: Implementation of in vivo models to identify potential candidates for DED treatment. Host organisation: University of Antwerp (UA), Belgium Supervisor: Prof Dr Paul COS Brief b…

Let's Connect Would you like to get to know new fellow students during a fun activity? Expand your social network and make friends for life? Then Let's Connect is definitely something for you! Archery Tag & Teamwork Monday 6/10/25 & Wednesday 8/10/25 Forest Bingo Wednesday 15/10/25 Let's Connect goe…

Jonas Lescroart unpaid staff Publications Jonas Lescroart Genomic diversity in felids correlates with range and density, not census size Source Conservation genetics - ISSN 1566-0621-26:5 (2025) p. 873-890 Author(s) Michaël Meeus, Jonas Lescroart, Hannes Svardal Citation link Extensive phylogenomic…

INSPIRE safety pharmacology search menu search content We owe you so much! 13/10/2021 - Tommaso (ESR #6) The use of animals in experiments is something very important to all of us, scientists or not. In the past decades, a lot of progress has been made to replace lab animals where possible and a lot…

Christophe Declercq unpaid staff - academic interim staff postdoc Publications Christophe Declercq Assessing the Digital Visibility of Literary Translators Source - ISSN 2295-1210-14:15 () p. 94-123 Author(s) Gys-Walt van Egdom, Christophe Declercq Citation link The Routledge Handbook of Translation…

Berten Ceulemans emeritus occasional assignment Publications Berten Ceulemans KCNQ2 Loss-of-Function variants disrupt neuronal maturation via early hyperexcitability followed by maladaptive network remodeling Source - () p. Author(s) Nina Dirkx, Mark Kaji, Els De Vriendt, G. Carleo, F. Miceli, B. As…

Jonas Lescroart unpaid staff Research Jonas Lescroart Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) The use of alternative genomic markers to reconstruct the complex evolutionary history of neotropical small felids. 01/11/2020 - 31/10/2024 Abstract Tracing the evolutionary origin of species can b…

Peter Bols full professor - dean Research Peter Bols Research team Veterinary physiology and biochemistry Expertise The research Group Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry offers veterinary expertise in planning and executing surgical interventions on animals (eg within the framework of scientific…

Jona Verstraelen doctoral scholarship holder Research Jona Verstraelen Research team Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) The prevalence and the pathophysiological role of non-Helicobacter pylori Helicobacters in well-defined gastric diseases and (pre-) malignancies. 01/10/2024 - 3…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Genetic resilience Genetic diversity is prime indicator of wildcat survival Antwerp study makes clear which species should be prioritised on Red List of endangered species As the number of endangered species continues to rise, new genomic…

Functional Morphology search menu search content Animal sex pheromones evolve rapidly and predictably Lizards develop a more attractive smell when competition is high and the chance of predation low Relocated in small groups to experimental islands, lizards rapidly and repeatedly developed new chemi…

COMPOST Collective search menu search content Let us introduce you to our team members! To find out more about a researcher, click on their picture to open their University of Antwerp researcher page. Kristien Hens Kristien Hens is professor of philosophy at the University of Antwerp. She loves micr…

Social Sciences 1. What was your favorite course during your student days? The course “Sociology of Media,” taught by Prof. Keith Roe, who would later also become the supervisor of my doctorate. That course discussed how our social position explains our media use and the impact of media use on i…

Literature and the Holocaust search menu search content Conference program This will be a hybrid conference, with presentations both online and in-person. Those who have registered to attend the conference online will receive a Zoom-link. Tuesday 27 June 2023 (Antwerp) 09.00-09.30 Official opening: …

Science Public defences 2025 Attend a phd defence or search the archive of concluded doctoral research Public defences 2025 Attend a phd defence or search the archive of concluded doctoral research Taming Terrestrial Tremors: Low-Frequency Displacement-Sensing Techniques for Gravitational-Wave Detec…

Dirk Verellen professor Research Dirk Verellen Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Expertise Main interest in research topics and expertise: - Practical issues concerning implementation of conformal radiotherapy and image-guidance in a clinical environment, - Safety and quality mana…

Diversity and inclusion search menu search content Prides and gender diversity On diplomacy, patience and hope The state of the union of the LGBTQIA+ movement in 2021 is worrying. There seems to be a reversal of the progressive trend of several decades in Europe. Is this a fundamental turnaround or …

Heiko De Schepper assistant professor Research Heiko De Schepper Research team Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) Expertise 1. During my medical training, I participated in several experiments focusing on the characterization of neurotransmitters in motility of the mouse small in…

Ingrid Opdebeek emeritus occasional assignment Research Ingrid Opdebeek Research team Personal Rights and Property Rights Expertise Expertise in Belgian and comparative general administrative law, and more specific principles of good administration, administrative decision-making and procedure, prot…

Herwig Leirs full professor - rector Research Herwig Leirs Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise - Morfological and molecular identification of small mammals (particularly rodents), molluscs and insects. - Consultancy on the management of rodent-related problems in agriculture a…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Research Projects in the UAntwerp database Ongoing projects Computationally efficient model-based inference of speciation 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract The astonishing biodiversity we observe today is the result of speciation. Reproduc…

Ria Janvier emeritus occasional assignment Research Ria Janvier Research team Expertise Consultancy of Belgian public organisations (primarily concerning the legal status of the personnel) and teaching, giving courses and presentations on seminars and post-academic programmes. Advice on the harmonis…